US job growth came in lower than expected in August, and the
unemployment rate dropping to a four-and-a-half year low as workers
gave up the search for work. This could delay the Federal Reserve's scaling back its massive
monetary stimulus later this month. All eyes are on the Federal Open
Market Committee meeting in just over 10 days' time. Until today's data
it was widely anticipated we would see some easing or tapering of the
stimulus programme. But James Rickards, author of Currency Wars: the
making of the Next Global Crisis, believes that we won't see any cutting
back at all of the Fed stimulus because the American economy remains
just too weak.
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